Steinunn Önnudóttir lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland.
She completed a BA in Graphic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2009 and a BA in Audiovisual in 2011, also at GRA.
Latest shows include feigðarós — dreamfields, a collaborative show at Kling&Bang, Reykjavík, in 2021, and Non Plus Ultra, a solo show at Reykjavík Art Museum, in 2019.
Steinunn received the Svavar Guðnason and Ásta Eiríksdóttir grant for emerging artists in 2019 and was nominated for the Icelandic Art Prize as Artist of the Year in 2022 together with Anna Hrund Másdóttir and Ragnheiður Káradóttir for their collaborative exhibition feigðarós — dreamfields.
Steinunn has run the Harbinger Project Space since 2014, in collaboration with multiple artists, and published artist books via the publishing platform in volumes in collaboration with Halla Kristín Hannesdóttir since 2017. From 2018 – 2022 Steinunn was a board member of the Sequences Art Festival.
Latest shows include feigðarós — dreamfields, a collaborative show at Kling&Bang, Reykjavík, in 2021, and Non Plus Ultra, a solo show at Reykjavík Art Museum, in 2019.
Steinunn received the Svavar Guðnason and Ásta Eiríksdóttir grant for emerging artists in 2019 and was nominated for the Icelandic Art Prize as Artist of the Year in 2022 together with Anna Hrund Másdóttir and Ragnheiður Káradóttir for their collaborative exhibition feigðarós — dreamfields.
Steinunn has run the Harbinger Project Space since 2014, in collaboration with multiple artists, and published artist books via the publishing platform in volumes in collaboration with Halla Kristín Hannesdóttir since 2017. From 2018 – 2022 Steinunn was a board member of the Sequences Art Festival.
solo / duo exhibitions
2019 Non plus ultra — D-36 — Reykjavík Art Museum — Reykjavík
2019 Someplace, somewhere — Cosmos Carl – platform parasite
2018 Terraria — with Clara Bro Uerkvitz — Ekkisens — Reykjavík
2017 Pink blush, blue veins — Gallery Port — Reykjavík
2017 Mirage — with Juliette Freney — IAA — Reykjavík
2015 Safe Place — SÍM-gallery — Reykjavík
selected group exhibitions
2022 In another house — with Guðlaug Mía Eyþórsdóttir & Hanna Dís Whitehead — Ásmundarsalur — Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 feigðarós – dreamfields — with Anna Hrund Másdóttir & Ragnheiður Káradóttir — Kling&Bang — Reykjavík, Iceland
2020 Regenerate #2 — curation: Claire Paugam & Maria Carmela Raso — Gallery Port — Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 100 — Galleri CC — Malmö, Sweden
2018 Skúlptúr Skúlptúr — Kópavogur Art Museum — Kópavogur, Iceland
2018 Mark my words — with Mam — Not Quite — Fengersfors, Sweden
2018 Artist-run — Ekkisens — Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 The Wheel — Reykjavík Sculptors’ Association — Reykjavík Art Festival — Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 Pamphlets — Open — Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 List Officinalis — Nesstofa — Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
2016 UpsideDome —Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum — with IAA — Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 Plan-B Art Festival — Mjólkursamlagið — Borgarnes, Iceland
2015 Kunstschlagerstofa Video Program — Reykjavík Art Museum
2012 Artefacts — with Polly’s Picture Show — Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2010 Art show! — the India residency — Shenoy Nagar Beach — Chennai, India
2007 Cinema de Bricolage — Arti e Amicitae — with GRA — Amsterdam, the Netherlands
grants / awards / nominations
2022 Icelandic Art Prize — Nomination — together with Anna Hrund Másdóttir & Ragnheiður Káradóttir for feigðarós
2021 Artist Salary – 6 months — Artists’ Salary Fund
2020 Artist Salary – 3 months — Covid support — Artists’ Salary Fund
2020 Artist Salary – 3 months — Artists’ Salary Fund
2019 the Svavar Guðnason & Ásta Eiríksdóttir grant for emerging artists
2019 Artist Salary – 3 months — Artists’ Salary Fund
publications
2022 The Wheel 2018 – 2022 — the Reykjavík Sculptors’ Association
2022 Art in Iceland – no.02 — the Icelandic Art Center
2021 feigðarós — artist book — self-published
2019 Blæti tímarit – nr.3 — Studio Blæti
2019 Expressjónismi — artist book — self-published
2019 Non plus ultra — D-36 — Reykjavík Art Museum — Reykjavík
2019 Someplace, somewhere — Cosmos Carl – platform parasite
2018 Terraria — with Clara Bro Uerkvitz — Ekkisens — Reykjavík
2017 Pink blush, blue veins — Gallery Port — Reykjavík
2017 Mirage — with Juliette Freney — IAA — Reykjavík
2015 Safe Place — SÍM-gallery — Reykjavík
selected group exhibitions
2022 In another house — with Guðlaug Mía Eyþórsdóttir & Hanna Dís Whitehead — Ásmundarsalur — Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 feigðarós – dreamfields — with Anna Hrund Másdóttir & Ragnheiður Káradóttir — Kling&Bang — Reykjavík, Iceland
2020 Regenerate #2 — curation: Claire Paugam & Maria Carmela Raso — Gallery Port — Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 100 — Galleri CC — Malmö, Sweden
2018 Skúlptúr Skúlptúr — Kópavogur Art Museum — Kópavogur, Iceland
2018 Mark my words — with Mam — Not Quite — Fengersfors, Sweden
2018 Artist-run — Ekkisens — Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 The Wheel — Reykjavík Sculptors’ Association — Reykjavík Art Festival — Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 Pamphlets — Open — Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 List Officinalis — Nesstofa — Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
2016 UpsideDome —Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum — with IAA — Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 Plan-B Art Festival — Mjólkursamlagið — Borgarnes, Iceland
2015 Kunstschlagerstofa Video Program — Reykjavík Art Museum
2012 Artefacts — with Polly’s Picture Show — Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2010 Art show! — the India residency — Shenoy Nagar Beach — Chennai, India
2007 Cinema de Bricolage — Arti e Amicitae — with GRA — Amsterdam, the Netherlands
grants / awards / nominations
2022 Icelandic Art Prize — Nomination — together with Anna Hrund Másdóttir & Ragnheiður Káradóttir for feigðarós
2021 Artist Salary – 6 months — Artists’ Salary Fund
2020 Artist Salary – 3 months — Covid support — Artists’ Salary Fund
2020 Artist Salary – 3 months — Artists’ Salary Fund
2019 the Svavar Guðnason & Ásta Eiríksdóttir grant for emerging artists
2019 Artist Salary – 3 months — Artists’ Salary Fund
publications
2022 The Wheel 2018 – 2022 — the Reykjavík Sculptors’ Association
2022 Art in Iceland – no.02 — the Icelandic Art Center
2021 feigðarós — artist book — self-published
2019 Blæti tímarit – nr.3 — Studio Blæti
2019 Expressjónismi — artist book — self-published